Natural hazards · Fort Braden

Fort Braden, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fort Braden comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Fort Braden?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fort Braden to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding33%Hurricanes25%Cold waves19%Tornadoes12%Wildfire5%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Fort Braden faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Wildfire

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Ice stormsAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Fort Braden flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Fort Braden.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Fort Braden isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Leon County.

Disasters that hit Fort Braden

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Leon County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Fort Braden itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Fort BradenDeclared for Leon County only

Leon County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Fort Braden is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Fort Braden’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Fort Braden. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.